Full Name:
Lynn Greer
Position:
Guard
College:
Temple
Height:
6-2
Weight:
175
High School:
Engineering & Science HS (Philadelphia)
Birthdate:
October 23, 1979
Birthplace:
Philadelphia, Pa.
Statistics
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HIGHLIGHTS
Named Honorable Mention All-America by The Associated Press as a senior.
Ranks second on Temple’s career scoring list with 2,099 points, trailing only former NBA player Mark Macon.
Temple’s all-time leader in three-point field goals made (305).
Voted the Big Five’s Outstanding Player of the Year as a fifth-year senior.
Was a John R. Wooden Award Finalist as well as a Naismith Player of the Year Candidate.
Two-time All-Atlantic-10 First Team selection.
Member of the 2001 USA Basketball Men’s World University Games team that won a bronze medal.
Granted a medical redshirt for the 1998-99 season after suffering a broken left orbital bone.
AT TEMPLE
As a senior, led the Atlantic 10 in scoring (23.2 ppg, sixth in nation).
Became the first Temple player in nearly 50 years to score 40 points twice in a season, scoring a career-high 47 points (third-highest in school history) at Wisconsin and 43 vs. Fordham.
Was named the Big Five Player of the Week four times.
Broke Hal Lear’s 47-year old record by going 18-for-18 from the free throw line en route to 34 points vs. St. Joseph’s.
Topped the 20-point mark 20 times.
Eclipsed the 30-point mark six times.
Scored 37 points vs. Fresno State. Had 31 points at Dayton.
Scored 27 points vs. eventual national champion Maryland.
As a junior, led the team in scoring (18.2 ppg), free throws made (164) and attempted (189), free throw percentage (86.8%, 21st in nation), assists (5.5 apg) and steals (2.0 spg).
Led the A-10 in assist-to-turnover ratio (2.62).
Led the team in scoring in 17 times.
Topped the 20-point mark 13 times.
Led nation in minutes played with 1,465 of a possible 1,490.
Became the 10th player in school history to score 600 or more points in a single season.
Had a streak of 49 consecutive free throws made.
Was a two-time Big Five Player of the Week.
Scored a season-high 30 points against Xavier.
As a sophomore, finished third on the team in scoring (12.3 ppg), coming off the bench.
Connected on 40 percent of three-point attempts, fourth in the A-10.
Led team in free-throw percentage (81.7%).
Named Sixth Man of the Year in A-10.
Scored a season-high 25 points against Indiana.
As a freshman in 1997-98, ranked 14th in the nation in three-point field goal percentage (47.2%), which led the team.
Appeared in all 30 games and averaged 7.0 points.
Scored a season-high 20 points vs. Maryland.
| STATISTICS |
| SEASON |
G |
GS |
FGM |
FGA |
PCT |
FTM |
FTA |
PCT |
REB |
AST |
STL |
BL |
PTS |
AVG |
| 1997-98 |
30 |
1 |
69 |
182 |
.379 |
50 |
62 |
.806 |
33 |
33 |
23 |
4 |
238 |
7.9 |
| 1998-99 |
6 |
0 |
19 |
50 |
.380 |
13 |
17 |
.765 |
9 |
8 |
10 |
0 |
61 |
10.2 |
| 1999-00 |
33 |
8 |
135 |
321 |
.421 |
67 |
82 |
.817 |
85 |
64 |
36 |
2 |
406 |
12.3 |
| 2000-01 |
37 |
37 |
215 |
536 |
.401 |
164 |
189 |
.868 |
132 |
202 |
75 |
4 |
675 |
18.2 |
| 2001-02 |
31 |
31 |
226 |
560 |
.404 |
172 |
197 |
.873 |
95 |
130 |
52 |
5 |
719 |
23.2 |
| TOTALS |
137 |
77 |
664 |
1649 |
.403 |
466 |
547 |
.852 |
356 |
437 |
196 |
15 |
2099 |
15.3 |
| Three-point field goals: 1997-98, 50-for-106 (.472); 1998-99, 10-for-28 (.357); 1999-00, 69-for-172 (.401); 2000-01, 81-for-214 (.379); 2001-02, 95-for-246 (.386). Totals, 305-for-766 (.398). |
